Seeding Postdoctoral Innocators in Research and Education (SPIRE)

培养研究和教育博士后创新者 (SPIRE)

• 批准号: 8132277
• 负责人: LINDA A DYKSTRA
• 金额: $ 97.98万
• 依托单位: UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 1999
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1999-08-01 至 2012-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8132277
• 关键词: Active Learning; Commit; Communities; Development; Education; Educational Curriculum; Educational process of instructing; Educational workshop; Evaluation; Faculty; Fellowship Program; Grant; Housing; Individual; Institution; Instruction; Knowledge; Laboratories; Learning; Mentors; Minority; Minority-Serving Institution; Modification; North Carolina; Population; Process; Professional Education; Research; Research Infrastructure; Research Personnel; Research Proposals; Research Training; Science; Students; Techniques; Technology; Training; Universities; Work; base; career; experience; interest; meetings; member; programs; skills; success; symposium; teacher

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Seeding Postdoctoral Innovators in Research and Education (SPIRE) is an integrative postdoctoral fellowship program that combines research training, professional development and hands-on teaching experience. The program involves a partnership between the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and five Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs) in North Carolina with large minority undergraduate populations, including Fayetteville State University, Johnson C. Smith University, North Carolina A&T State University, North Carolina Central University and the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. The objective of this program is 1) to prepare individuals for research/academic careers in the biomedical sciences and 2) to have a continuing impact on the MSIs through the exchange that takes place as the postdoctoral scholars develop teaching expertise and share their knowledge in the sciences with the faculty and students at the MSIs. The proposal put forward here builds upon the past successes of the SPIRE program and lessons learned over the last eight years. Based on a thorough evaluation of the SPIRE program, the program proposes to continue to provide cutting-edge research training for SPIRE scholars by drawing upon a large core of faculty at UNC Chapel Hill. Taken together, these faculty members provide a broad spectrum of high quality research training opportunities within their laboratories and reveal a commitment to train scholars to think creatively, collaborate effectively and operate across disciplinary boundaries. The SPIRE program also proposes to provide pedagogical training for the scholars through a range of interactions such as, 1) instruction from the UNC Chapel Hill Center for Teaching and Learning and other education professionals, 2) technology workshops, and 3) creating opportunities for the scholars to practice active learning techniques and develop, individual advanced-level courses at the MSIs. Through these extensive teaching activities, the IRACDA scholars will introduce new, revised, and advanced courses at the MSIs and work closely with the undergraduates at these institutions, providing active learning experiences and close, individualized research mentoring. The SPIRE program also proposes to provide other professional development training in order to prepare scholars for careers that combine research and education. Professional development training includes numerous opportunities to make research presentations, to take part in the organization of an annual research symposium, and an annual distinguished scholar seminar, and attendance at monthly meetings with a professional focus. In addition, the scholars will receive training in grantsmanship through an in-house grant competition that requires each IRACDA scholar to prepare a research proposal and have it evaluated by a faculty committee. Taken together, these initiatives will provide the scholars with the skills required to function as independent researchers, research-oriented teachers and committed mentors for undergraduate students in the sciences. In the process, the MSIs will enjoy continued benefit through long-term modifications in curriculum and infrastructure. The diversity of the science community will be expanded by the enhanced interest in science careers among the undergraduate students at the MSIs who have been exposed to a vibrant, active learning experience.

简介（由申请人提供）：SPIRE是一个综合研究培训、专业发展和实践教学经验的博士后奖学金项目。该项目涉及北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校与北卡罗来纳州五所少数族裔服务机构（MSIs）之间的合作，这些机构拥有大量的少数族裔本科生，包括费耶特维尔州立大学、约翰逊·c·史密斯大学、北卡罗来纳农工州立大学、北卡罗来纳中央大学和北卡罗来纳大学彭布罗克分校。该计划的目标是1)为个人在生物医学科学领域的研究/学术生涯做好准备；2)通过博士后学者发展教学专业知识并与msi的教师和学生分享他们在科学方面的知识的交流，对msi产生持续的影响。这里提出的建议是基于SPIRE项目过去的成功和过去8年的经验教训。基于对SPIRE项目的全面评估，该项目建议通过北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校的大量核心教师，继续为SPIRE学者提供尖端的研究培训。总的来说，这些教师在他们的实验室里提供了广泛的高质量的研究培训机会，并表明了培养学者创造性思维、有效合作和跨学科运作的承诺。SPIRE计划还建议通过一系列互动为学者提供教学培训，例如：1)北卡罗来纳大学教堂山教学与学习中心和其他教育专业人员的指导；2)技术研讨会；3)为学者创造机会，使他们能够实践主动学习技巧，并在msi中开发个人高级课程。通过这些广泛的教学活动，IRACDA学者将在msi引入新的、修订的和高级的课程，并与这些机构的本科生密切合作，提供积极的学习经验和密切的、个性化的研究指导。SPIRE项目还建议提供其他专业发展培训，以使学者为研究和教育相结合的职业做好准备。专业发展培训包括许多机会进行研究报告，参与组织年度研究研讨会和年度杰出学者研讨会，并参加每月的专业会议。此外，这些学者还将通过内部资助竞赛接受资助方面的培训，该竞赛要求每位IRACDA学者准备一份研究计划，并由教员委员会对其进行评估。综上所述，这些举措将为这些学者提供作为独立研究人员、研究型教师和理科本科生的忠诚导师所需的技能。在此过程中，msi将通过对课程和基础设施的长期修改而持续受益。科学社区的多样性将通过msi的本科生对科学事业的兴趣增强而扩大，他们已经接触到充满活力，积极的学习经历。